(she/her)
Hello! I am a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner who has a combination of 10 years of experience taking care of patients. I am a board certified psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner and an adult geriatric nurse practitioner. I am able to prescribe medications as well as provide you with guidance in achieving your goals through psychotherapy. I love a holistic approach to mental health care. I look forward to being on your team and helping you navigate the many challenges of life.
Your first visit will be 60 minutes long. During this time, we will go over brief introductions and answer any initial questions you may have about any completed forms or operations of the clinic. More importantly, we go over current symptoms, past mental health treatments, medical treatments, family, and social history. We will review your current and past medications and supplements if applicable. If additional clarification is needed, we may request for additional records from past mental health provider.
I love to listen to my clients. By listening, I am able to identify their needs and provide them with tools that will empower them to face whatever challenges they experience.
I love working with people who genuinely need help and are ready to make changes that will result in a better person. My clients participate in sessions and are open to medications and lifestyle adjustment recommended during our meetings. I love to approach my clients care with them as a team to result in the best outcome of their mental health.
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
CBT is well studied and is something I have inculcated in my practice from the beginning. We all have automatic thoughts that we believe, many of them are negative thoughts and shape how we view ourselves. These thoughts can create self doubt and low self esteem, resulting in us not being able to reach our full potential in our professional or personal lives. I like to guide individuals into identifying these thoughts even during our sessions and guiding them into switching these thoughts to be more positive, resulting in a transformation of the way we think, creating more possibilities in life.
Supportive
It gets difficult in life when you don't feel that sense of support from everyone around you. I help you find strength within yourself to get things done even when you don't believe you can do it. In our initial visit, I get a detailed history that will allow us explore the possible causes of blocks that is stopping you from being an achiever. We will talk about thoughts and behaviors that are bothersome to you and together we will identify pattern that do not serve you and are causing current life situations. I provide you with resources that will help you understand more about these patterns so that you can have more resilience in life situations.